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Did he just diss Reagan? The church of St. Ronald will be up in arms!

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Not wanting children to suffer is a motivation for some people.

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Anecdotal accounts from relatives:

1. Contact tracing.

Cities hired people to go house to house to check on people, who they’ve been in contact with, and inform people if anyone in their area has been infected

2. If someone had to quarantine at home, city employee made sure quarantine was complied with. Fines were enforced.

3. By May 2020, India had a contact tracing app for phones that’s widely used. If someone tests positive, healthcare workers could pull data from the app and contact people, inform them, and have them quarantine

4. Masks had to be worn when outside of home, even walking outside. Fines enforced.

That’s off the top of my head things India did on top of lockdowns that kept things from going out of control for the past year.

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Oh, damn, that Nars Studio 54 Inferno palette looks amazing, although possibly not quite as sparkly as my beloved Urban Decay Moondust. MORE GLITTER!

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Wishing you and him quick healing.

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Never had herpes or glitter. Guess I haven't really lived.

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/\ True that. Said intermittent break-ups also too have the frequent effect of sucking other family members into the drama-maelstroms. I miss my brother Craig dreadfully. Do not miss the Borderline-dxed and incredibly bizarre woman he was married to at the time of his passing.

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Thanks. I appreciate such a clear exposition.

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Wow... I was sure this was going to be one of those "It wasn't my fault. The devil influenced me and I wasn't strong enough. Please forgive me."

No way that I expected: "exactly what God planned. The kids were in on it. Not all of them. But most."

Oh, well... if only a few kids didn't know the plan and were traumatized... then everything is fine.

On the plus side, these kids are going to absolutely ace the intelligent design test. /s

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No glitter for me, thanks. It gets everywhere.

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That's kansassssssss.

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It was cancelled this year due to pandemic. Usually, sunrise at Pittock Mansion. :)

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The herpes of arts and crafts. Spreads everywhere, and once you have it you can never get rid of it.

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Makeup artistry in the flesh :-)

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do you even fan?

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With the exception of my own grand nieces, these are the cutest girls in the world.

Prove me wrong.

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